Fallacies
Fallacy | Example in Chapter | Argument |
Begging the Question | “I felt as though there was a young male spirit trying to communicate with me.....I had never had anything happen to me like that before.” | This has never happened to her before yet she’s part of a paranormal club/group? |
Wishful Thinking | “Suni Hoffman explained that she believed she too was communicating with the spirit of a little boy....it might have been the same one I had encountered earlier.” | There could be several spirits in the house and how does Suni know it’s a boy? There’s little context here to know this information. |
Hasty Generalization | Mary: “I am familiar with the creaks and noises this house makes, but those footsteps weren’t something I could mistake for an old house.” Narrator: “I wonder who the spirits are.....” | Creaks, noises, and footsteps....OOOOO, that could only mean one thing: GHOSTS!! |
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